CATALOG DESCRIPTION: MATH 140A (GQ) CALCULUS, ANALYTIC GEOMETRY, ALGEBRA, AND TRIGONOMETRY (6 semester hours) Review of algebra and trigonometry; analytic geometry; functions; limits; derivatives, differentials, applications; integrals, applications. Students may take only one course for credit from among Math 110, 140, 140A, 140B, 140E and 140H.

PREREQUISITE: Satisfactory performance on the mathematics proficiency examination.

TEXT BOOK: Single Variable Calculus  , Sixth Edition, (OR) Calculus, Sixth Edition, by James Stewart, published by Thomson (Brooks/Cole)
Just-In-Time, Algebra & Trigonometry for Calculus, by Guntram Mueller and Ronald Brent, published by Pearson, Addison Wesley (Optional).

CALCULATORS: A graphics calculator is useful as a study and learning tool when used appropriately. However, calculus is a collection of ideas which are not mastered through calculator skills only. Note that no calculators are allowed on the two midterm and final examinations.

COURSE FORMAT: There are three 50-minute and two 75-minutes lectures each week. The sections covered in these lectures are listed at the end of this syllabus.

EXAMINATIONS: 

Rooms for the examinations may also be announced by your instructor at a later date, and may also be found on the bulletin board outside 104 McAllister.

CONFLICT EXAMINATIONS: For the two mid-semester examinations, there is a conflict examination from 5:05 to 6:20 PM on the same night as the regular examination. 

Who may take the Conflict Exam?  If you have a valid conflict with the regular examination time, such as a class or other scheduled activity, you may sign up for the conflict exam.

How and when to sign up for the Conflict Exam.  Students must sign up for the Conflict Exam in class, with your instructor, on a pink form.  The student is responsible for knowing the room and time of the conflict examination.  This information is on  top of the pink form. Your instructor must turn in the pink form 2 class days prior to the examination date. If you have not signed up with your instructor, you will not be allowed to take the conflict exam. 

Instructions on Conflict Exam night.   The student is responsible for knowing the room and time of the conflict examination.  Students must bring their University ID to the conflict examination. The ID will be checked by the proctor. Although the conflict examination will end at 6:20 PM, no student will be permitted to leave the examination room before 6:25 PM. Any student who leaves before 6:25 PM will receive a grade of zero on the examination and will not be allowed to retake it.

MAKEUP EXAMINATIONS:   There will be no makeup examinations  for students in Math 140a.  If a student must miss the regularly scheduled examination with a valid excuse, the score will be taken as the average percents of the exams surrounding that exam.  For example, if a student must miss Exam 2, the average of Exam 1 and Exam 3 will be the score for Exam 2.

FINAL EXAMINATION: The final examination will be given during the week, May 5 - 9, 2008. The final examination schedule will be announced on the Web and eLion Monday, 2/18/08. The final examination may be scheduled on any day during the final examination period. Do not plan to leave University Park until after Friday, May 9, 2008. There are two types of conflict examinations, direct and overload. Direct conflicts are two examinations scheduled at the same time. Overload examinations are three or more examinations scheduled within a fifteen hour period, from the beginning of the first examination to the beginning of the third examination. Students may elect to take the three or more examinations on the same day if they wish or request a conflict final examination. Students may access their final exam schedule Monday, February 18, through their e-lion account.  Notification of conflicts is given on the student's final exam schedule.  A student must take action to request a conflict exam through e-lion between February 18 - March 2.  Conflict final examinations cannot be scheduled through mathematics department, and there will be no sign up sheet in 104 McAllister for the final conflict examination.

Students who miss both the regular and conflict final examinations due to a valid and documented reason, such as illness, may be allowed to take a makeup final examination. If the student does not have a valid reason, at least a 30 point penalty will be imposed. All such makeup examinations must be scheduled through the instructor with the approval of the course coordinator and students should contact the instructor within 24 hours of the final examination. Students who have taken the original final examination are not permitted to take a makeup examination.

DEFERRED GRADES: Students who are unable to complete the course because of illness or emergency may be granted a deferred grade which will allow the student to complete the course within the first six weeks of the following semester. If the student is scheduled for Math 110 or Math 140, then the student must complete the course within 2 weeks of the following semester. Note that deferred grades are limited to those students who can verify and document a valid reason for not being able to take the final examination. For more information see, DF grade.

LATE-DROP: Students may add/drop a course without academic penalty within the first ten calendar days of the semester. A student may late drop a course within the first twelve weeks of the semester but accrues late drop credits equal to the number of credits in the dropped course. A baccalaureate student is limited to 16 late drop credits. The late drop deadline for Spring 2008 is April 11, 2008.

GRADES:  Your course grade will be determined by your exam scores and a homework/quiz score (labeled “QZ” by Testing Services).

 Total possible points follow:   

 After the third exam and before the late-drop deadline the guaranteed maximum grade-line cutoffs for the major grades (A, B, C, D,  F) will be provided to facilitate your planning for the rest of the semester.  The +/- grade-lines will be assigned after the final exam.  The unavoidable consequence is that some students are just “a point” away from the higher grade.  For the reason of fairness, the policy in this course is to NOT adjust individual grades in such circumstances. 

 NOTE: Your grade will be based EXCLUSIVELY on the midterm examinations, homework and/or quizzes and final examination. There is no "extra-credit" work.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The Pennsylvania State University, and all members of the University community are expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this expectation, the University's Code of Conduct states that all students should act with personal integrity, respect other students' dignity, rights and property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts.

Academic integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the
fundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromise the worth of work completed by others.

"Academic dishonesty includes, but is no limited to, cheating, plagiarizing, . . ., facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with academic work of other students. . . . A student charged with academic dishonesty will be given oral or written notice of the charge by the instructor. If students believe that they have been falsely accused, they should seek redress through informal discussions with the instructor, the department head, dean or campus executive officer. If the instructor believes that the infraction is sufficiently serious to warrant the referral of the case to Judicial Affairs, or if the instructor will award a final grade of F in the course because of the infraction, the student and instructor will be afforded formal due process procedures." From Policies and Rules, Student Guide to the University Policy 49-20.

Based on the University's Faculty Senate Policy 49-20, a range of academic sanctions may be taken against a student who engages in academic dishonesty.  Please see the Eberly College of Science Academic Integrity homepage for additional information and procedures.

Course Coordinator

Mary Erickson
104 McAllister
Telephone: (814) 865-7528
E-mail: erickson@math.psu.edu

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